This program supports professional Ontario-based visual artists to create new work. The program aims to reflect the range of artistic practices in the visual arts, and to support excellence, regional activity, diverse artists and communities.
The program has three categories, based on years of professional practice and public presentation of work:
Emerging artists
Mid-career artists
Established artists
Deadline Date
November 5, 2024, 1 p.m. ET
Grant Amount:
Emerging: $5,000
Mid-Career: $7,500
Established: $15,000
Learn more about the grant here!
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
professional emerging, mid-career and established visual artists who are Ontario residents
Established: artists with an extensive body of work and with history of national and international exhibitions and/or those who have achieved a wide degree of recognition. You must have been practicing professionally for at least 15 years (meaning public presentation of your work) to apply to this category
Mid-career: artists whose professional careers have passed the early stages, who have produced a reasonable body of work and have attained a fair degree of public exposure. You must have been practicing professionally for at least 8 years (meaning public presentation of your work) to apply to this category
Emerging: artists in the early years of their professional careers who have a small exhibition record. You must have been practicing professionally for at least three years (meaning public presentation of your work) to apply to this category
artists working in collaboration
If you create work in collaboration with one or more artist(s), all of the collaborative team members must meet program and category eligibility criteria. Select one artist to apply on behalf of the group. If a grant is awarded, this lead applicant will receive a T4A and will take responsibility for the final report. Describe the collaboration in your artist’s statement and submit artistic examples showing past collaborative work. If you are part of a collaborative team application, you may not apply as an individual artist to the Visual Artists Creation Projects program at the same deadline. If awarded a collaborative team grant, members must skip a year before reapplying to the program.
WHAT THIS PROGRAM FUNDS
the time and materials needed to create new work for the project(s) described in your application. Eligible expenses include:
material and supplies, production costs
studio space or equipment rental
purchase of small-scale equipment, software, electronics and similar materials required to carry out the project
artist fees – payment to yourself or other artists engaged in creating the work.
Artist fees should be calculated based on time or contribution to the project and/or relevant industry standards. The program does not fund living and personal expenses – do not include these as the rationale for the calculation of artist fees.
travel, only if it is required to create the work (for example, photographer’s travel to the location of the subject of their work)
childcare and other dependant care fees enabling you to take part in the project (this does not include regular, ongoing expenses)
visual arts practices including painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, sculpture, performance art, photography and electronic media
ACTIVITY TIMING
The activity for which you are requesting funding:
cannot start before the deadline
cannot finish before you receive your grant results
must be completed no more than two years after you receive the grant results
HOW TO APPLY
Complete and submit an application in Nova, OAC’s online grant application system. You will be able to do this approximately two months before the deadline.
Before applying, be sure to:
read the Guide to OAC Project Programs for basic eligibility requirements and other restrictions
create or update your profile in Nova
Your application will include:
basic information about the project
answers to application questions
artistic examples– images or video documentation of your work (all categories: maximum of 8 images or 8 minutes)
support document: résumé (maximum three pages)
Email Yamari Martin Program Administrator - ymartin@arts.on.ca with any questions!